Adaptations: The Bay Area’s #1 Blind Tech Store

Adaptations is the only place in Northern California with a comprehensive offering of tools, technology, and other solutions for blind and visually impaired people. The store is located at our San Francisco headquarters at 1155 Market Street, on the 10th floor.

Store hours are Monday through Friday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with extended hours on Tuesdays until 7 p.m. We are also open on the second Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The store is both a place to shop and get hands-on feedback and resources for adaptations of all types. Our knowledgeable staff will guide and help you find the best assistive technology to fit each customer’s unique visual needs.

At Adaptations we use LightSpeed point of sale technology, which is accessible and allows blind and visually impaired store staff to easily ring up your purchases. In order to provide enhanced one-on-one customer service we emphasize in-person customer experience.

Although we do not take online orders at the current time, we encourage you to call our staff at 1-888-400-8933 to inquire about item pick up or mail orders or email our store staff at adaptations@lighthouse-sf.org.

Popular store items include:

Tech:

Victor Reader Stream

Aftershokz ears-free bone conduction headsets

Tactile keyboard overlays

more

Canes:

Folding, telescoping or straight canes

All cane tips from roller, to pencil, to metal tips

Magnifiers:

Handheld magnifiers with an LED light of all powers

Pocket magnifiers with or without a light of all powers

Dome shaped magnifiers

Video magnifiers (also known as portable CCTV’s)

more

Labeling items:

Bump dots, locator dots, large print computer labels

Dymo tape-magnetic and clear

more

Writing utensils:

Slate and stylus

20/20 pens

Bold lined pens

Signature guides

Talking and braille watches/clocks:

Large wall clocks

Talking clocks and alarms

Talking, braille, and large print watches

Vibrating-tactile clock

Games:

Braille and large print card games

Accessible board games (chess, Monopoly, etc)

Large print/braille bingo

Lighting:

Ott-light full spectrum task lamps or floor lamps

Flashlights

more

Large Print Items:

Calendars

Address Books

Check register books

more

Come visit us to get your hands on more tech! There’s something new every week.

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